Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Wellness Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed Swap Remove
• 02 Wellness Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice Swap Remove

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.

	01 Wellness Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed Swap Remove	02 Wellness Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Level Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 33.3%	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 33.3%
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. iEstimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 41% 37.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 42% 38.0% as fed
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. iThe count matches any named animal word in the opening five ingredients, so it also counts animal fats and flavourings as proteins. It is shown because it is one of the five measured lines, but it is too rough to call a winner on.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 2 of 5	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed None	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years
Starch, As Fed iEstimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 37.0%	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 38.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 406	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 394
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed $2.92 24 lb bag, Amazon	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice $3.54 22 lb bag, Amazon
Cost / 1,000 Kcal Lower Is Cheaper To Feed What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed $1.83 Best in this row	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice $2.14
First Five Ingredients	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Peas, Dried Ground Potatoes, Chickpeas	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice Whitefish, Whitefish Meal (source of Glucosamine), Herring Meal (source of Chondroitin Sulfate), Brown Rice, Oatmeal

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Every figure here is the food's own. Protein and carbohydrate are converted to dry matter so foods of different moisture can be set beside each other; starch is estimated from the guaranteed analysis with ash assumed at 6.0%, and the recall record belongs to the manufacturer rather than to the recipe. Two rows are printed but never marked: the named-protein count, because the detection behind it is too rough to call a winner on, and calories, because neither more nor fewer is better without knowing the dog.